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PETE?

posted 15 years ago by klat2xx
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Wasn't there a "chief cook and bottle washer" named Pete as a regular? An old , raw boned man with a raspy voice? Anyway...I cannot find him listed in the cast. "Anyone ..class... anyone?"

[–] geejijoe 15 years ago

He is listed in the cast - William Fawcett. He had a huge filmography; a very good character actor.

[–] magbo 15 years ago

On top of being a widely known character actor in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, William Fawcett, who played the aging cook Pete on the Fury TV series, was one of the few actors of his era, or any era I guess, to have a Ph.D. (in Elizabethan drama from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 1936). He taught theater as a full professor at Michigan State in the early 1940's, before World War II. Good old Pete. Hey russel up some grub for Joey and Packy, thou saucy fellow who fought with us on St. Crispan's day!

[–] Fury-10 15 years ago

He was Pete Wilkey on the show. If you would like to read his biography which I obtained from his family, visit my site at brokenwheelranch.com

[–] thbryn 14 years ago

The credits only list him as being in 15ep. That seems short to me. He always seemed to be around?

[–] stomaino 14 years ago

The "15 episodes" is imdb's usual bad job of TV show cast lists. I remember Pete as on every show.

At the time, I did not understand "cut his teeth on a branding iron." I thought it meant that the "cut them up", injured them and thought he would have had to been awfully stupid to chomp down on a branding iron.

Of course, it meant that he used the branding iron as a teething ring!

Sam Tomaino

[–] roger-395 14 years ago

Old Pete the ranch hand who "cut his teeth on a branding iron!!" That was the way he was introduced on the show.

[–] tplea 9 years ago

The info on IMDB for Fury is terrible. It doesn't list Pete (William Fawcett) OR Packy (Roger Mobley) as regular cast!